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-(5x + 7) +1 =-5x-5 need help solving
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-(5x + 7) +1 =-5x-5 need help solving

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This equation has no solution.

It simplifies to

... -5x -7 +1 = -5x -5

... -6 = -5 . . . . . . . . . FALSE. (add 5x to both sides)

There is no value of x that will make this be true.

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